Held for Ransom is a 2000 direct-to-video thriller film starring Dennis Hopper, Zachery Ty Bryan, Morgan Fairchild and Debi Mazar. It was directed and written by Lee Stanley based on the novel by Lois Duncan.
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Plot
Five spoiled high-school students are kidnapped and held for ransom in a remote swamp area.
Cast
Dennis Hopper as J.D.
Zachery Ty Bryan as Glenn Kirtland
Kam Heskin as Jesse McCormick
Tsianina Joelson as Marianne
Jordan Brower as Bruce Kirtland
Randy Spelling as Dexter
Paul Dillon as John
Morgan Fairchild as Mrs. Kirtland
John Getz as Mr. Kirtland
Timothy Bottoms as Fred Donavan
Debi Mazar as Rita
Joan Van Ark as Nancy Donovan
Tyler Kuhn as Randy Donovan
Shelly Burch as Mrs. McCormick
Robert Noble as Mrs. Godfrey
Keith MacKechnie as Detective Van Bommel
David Siegel as Crime Scene Detective
Russell Warner as Officer Matthews
J.D. Husocki as Officer Bronson
Joe Hess as Swamp Man #1
Thomas Rosales, Jr. as Swamp Man #2
Production
It was filmed over three weeks 1999 in the Everglades, Miami and Orlando Disney's MGM studios and surrounding areas.